Mission Statement:

Adopt4Life - Ontario’s Adoptive Parent Association, is a community of people with lived experience of adoption, that strengthens and empowers parents to achieve permanency for children so that they reach their full potential.

Vision Statement:

We believe that all adoptiveparents have a right to advocacy,support and guidance throughout their lifelong journey.

Adopt4Life Goals

Adopt4Life’s priorities and initiatives fall under three main areas:

Support

Develop and maintain a locally and culturally representative Parent2Parent Support Network for parents & youth, offering parents group and individualized support for their needs. Individualized support includes developing transition plans at various points in the adoption journey, such as at placement, to school, to a new community, through divorce, or the addition of a new sibling, or to provide advocacy with CAS, school, or mental health services.

Advocacy

As adoptive parents, we bring the needs and priorities of adoptive families to forefront of community and political arenas by representing adoptive families at key political and community meetings and doing outreach with stakeholders and decision makers. We are Ontario’s voice for adoptive families seeking to be a part of positive change.

Guidance

Research and create partnerships with local organizations and agencies in order to link families with needed connections and resources, helping them along their journey so their children can reach their full potential.

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Adopt4Life

We support Adoptive families in Ontario

Adopt4life is a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario providing support and guidance to adoptive families throughout their journey from the moment they are matched with their children through to adulthood. We help adoptive parents through the adoption process.